AMG just previewed the rules for Bo-Katan Kryze and the Kryze Mandalorians in Star Wars: Shatterpoint- check out what they can do!
We’ve seen the new Star Wars Shatterpoint starter set unboxing, a full how-to-play video, and the rulebook. While we saw some tabletop mechanics, it’s always nice to know what the actual characters can do!
If you want to see what the models look like and where you can grab yours, you can check that out here. For now, though, let’s check out the new rules revealed from Atomic Mass Games.
New Shatterpoint Bo-Katan Kryze & Mandalorians Rules
Enemies of this Nite Owl would do well to remember that Mandalorians are Stronger Together. This ability appears on many Mandalorian Units and provides them a free focus action if a character in that Unit ends a move action within range 2 of another allied Mandalorian character. This action doesn’t count against the Unit’s two allowed actions for the activation, and helps these Units have a little more punch when they fight together. With the extra jump available from Jet Pack, Bo-Katan should be able to take advantage of this free action more often than not.
In spite of all the hardship that she has gone through, Bo-Katan holds onto her belief that Mandalore Will Survive – an ability that provides her extra opportunity to move and heal whenever she makes a focus action. Paired with her second Innate ability, Some of Us Serve a Higher Purpose – which provides nearby allied Mandalorian characters with both Protection and Steadfast – Bo-Katan can take the role of an exceptional support-focused Secondary Unit that helps her strike team stand strong on objectives and survive incoming fire.
She can buff up your other Mandalorians, is relatively fast with her jet pack, and attacks on the move! She has three different abilities for buffing up Mandalorians, so whatever you do, keep her close to the others. Otherwise, she may not be super helpful.
Close Support is Bo-Katan Kryze’s Stance, providing formidable a Defense Expertise Chart, solid damage output, and a whopping three Shove results. On top of that, she has options for mobility and for shutting down the enemy’s approach – giving her tools for many varied situations. Bo-Katan has a point cost of 4, and can be fit into most squads, but definitely shines when she’s on the battlefield with other Mandalorian Units.
For only 4 points, she has decent damage output and can stay fairly defensive. She also has a ton of ways to get in close, and with seven attack defense dice in combat, she should be a decent character to run into the enemy and get off the damage.
Clan Kryze Mandalorians Rules
The Clan Kryze Mandalorians are also able to make use of Jet Pack for some extra mobility, and are more effective combatants when they fight together with other Mandalorians on account of their Mandalorians are Stronger Together ability. These particular troopers are also each outfitted with a Helmet Visor that provides extra value from focus actions by giving the Unit Sharpshooter [1].
Having jet packs for the whole unit is excellent for mobility, and they all have Sharpshooters, so they are not bad for a supporting unit.
Clan Kryze Mandalorians’ Stance, Skirmish Tactics, offers a lot of options as far as what goals they can accomplish with each attack. They are excellent at moving enemy characters off of objectives with their early Shove results, and can also various conditions with enough successes in their attack roll. Their point cost of 4 makes them a solid pick for any squad – and can be run as a self-sufficient Supporting Unit or accompanied by other Mandalorians to maximize the effectiveness of their Tag-based abilities.
As most support units, they don’t have a super complex stance card but do have some options depending on what’s happening. Just like with most support units, they will be much more effective if paired with a leader like Bo-Katan but they could be decent fodder at 4 points.
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